Jimmy Somerville
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Sep 13, 2026
speaker_0UNKNOWN
to love when a boy meets a girl The love is strange and uncontrolled and can hurt anyone There's more to love when a boy meets a girl I would like to shout it from the highest mountain to tell the world I've been Well, love is strange and uncontrolled And it can happen to anyone There's more to love than boy meets girl Infatuations were as unsung By every thoughtful day
David LeggHOST
Jimmy Somerville and the Communards There's More to Love Talking of old friends a little bird in Huddersfield tells me that today is the birthday of an old friend of mine Johnny Jason He worked at the BBC World Service when I was there, but in those days he changed his name to John Jason.
David LeggHOST
But I remember listening to him back in the 1970s on Radio Caroline from the Mi Amigo.
David LeggHOST
It was that long ago.
James RodriguezHOST
The synths fizz through a nervy, pounding beat as the questions pile up.
James RodriguezHOST
Am I on my own? Do I dare to speak? Will I die alone? Am I five decades? Am I 24? There's a little Jimmy Somerville in the way he has his voice swooping and soaring over the neon dance floor.
James RodriguezHOST
At other times, he channels the stubble gray size of George Michael and the whoops of Michael Jackson.
James RodriguezHOST
There's even a spoken section where those rhythms mirror Neil Tennant on West End Girls.
Michael Lee RichardsonHOST
camera equipment and stuff like that and
Callum SinclairHOST
i think we're we're sort of experiencing a bit of that renaissance again yeah in an interesting way that's funny queer cinema new new queer cinema yeah that that bit of camcorder footage at the end of the angel jimmy somerville like coming through that feels like here we are this is this is the new age coming yes
Michael Lee RichardsonHOST
yes it's gorgeous
Callum SinclairHOST
I do also want to note that we are the very lucky owners of the gorgeous Curzon 4k limited edition box set which has some fantastic inclusions like a little book full of essays from Sally Potter herself but also So Meyer and Joanna Granero And I have been looking through that book over the last couple of days, and there's some really lovely insights that I just want to kind of acknowledge.
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Michael Lee RichardsonHOST
And I think that's why she works in this sort of mythological space.
Callum SinclairHOST
Yes.
Michael Lee RichardsonHOST
Another Scottish icon who turns up in this film is Jimmy Somerville of Bronski Beat, who plays an angel.
Michael Lee RichardsonHOST
He appears at the beginning singing, Eliza is the fairest queen, and at the end singing,
BeauHOST
You say, the gays do love a little bald head to polish if the old Ricky Gervais XFM show is anything to go by.
BeauHOST
Want to admit to anything, Bo? Like Jimmy Somerville.
HarryUNKNOWN
No, I'm straight.
HarryUNKNOWN
I'm in a heterosexual relationship.
BeauHOST
You say, the gays do love a little bald head to polish if the old Ricky Gervais XFM show is anything to go by.
BeauHOST
Want to admit to anything, Bo? Like Jimmy Somerville.
HarryUNKNOWN
No, I'm straight.
HarryUNKNOWN
I'm in a heterosexual relationship.
KuntHOST
You're obsessed with Fish from Merlion's plonker.
KuntHOST
Why is that? And you're homophobic towards Jimmy Somerville.
KuntHOST
Why do you hate Scottish people? No, I don't.
KuntHOST
They're not all ginger irritants.
Dorian LynskeyHOST
So queer visibility in the culture is improving, but, but slowly.
Dorian LynskeyHOST
There are out gay artists like Holly Johnson and Jimmy Somerville, um, Derek Jarman.
Ian DuntHOST
Huh.
Dorian LynskeyHOST
But stars like Elton John, George Michael, and Freddie Mercury are still in the closet.
Vernon KayHOST
[bell dinging] Correct, uh, for two points.
Vernon KayHOST
And for three points, the unique voice of Jimmy Somerville was first heard on a huge 1984 hit called Smalltown Boy.
Vernon KayHOST
This is when he was the singer with which group?
Kerry KnightGUEST
Bronski Beat.
MottUNKNOWN
It was a dude.
MottUNKNOWN
Jimmy Somerville.
MottUNKNOWN
I don't even know who that is.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
There you
EmilioHOST
Well, I mean, that gives me a little more peace of mind about it.
MadelineHOST
I would guess also that Sally Potter just really wanted to utilize Jimmy Somerville to a m- uh, a-
JulianHOST
A greater extent or something
MadelineHOST
... yeah, a greater extent.